Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es
Joined Aug 2018
AI rant
Guys, the new magic language generating machine is producing a grammatical, well-formed, but factually incorrect English response to an arbitrary question I asked it, also in English. And it's a question my complex biological brain that evolved for language processing could have correctly answered after a mere 4 years of training. I have no idea how the machine works, nor does anyone really, but I expected perfect accuracy and am shocked that it does not work better.
Resolves to never make an official build outside of a CI process again
Esme Povirk
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@mcc Whenever I am coaching new engineers who are trying to figure out what to do now that they built something and it doesn't work, I tell them this;
"Verify that everything you think is true, actually *is* true. For anything that isn't or is unexpected, find out *why*."
At the end of that exercise they will nearly always know what the problem is.
What I lack in sleep quality I make up in sleep quantity.
stream announcement
Streaming random pattern mode in HyperRogue. https://twitch.tv/madewokherd
Nice! I use plex for my music. I like making playlists of categories.
After a year of working on this, I have made a new release branch and new release of Mono.
Didn't put it in the commit message but did put it in the release notes today. https://gitlab.winehq.org/mono/mono/-/releases/mono-6.14.0
Esme Povirk
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something I wish I had learned much earlier in life is that if you are weird, trying to be buttoned-down and normal in spaces that aren't for being weird in might feel safe, but being fully weird signals to other people that you are safe for them to be weird around, which is more important
Magic is real. You just have to look for it. I mean this completely literally.
Esme Povirk
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Instead of, “I can’t unmask because no one will accept me,” what if it’s, “I must unmask because people already aren’t accepting this masked me?”
What if it’s, “I need to find out who will accept the real me.”
#AutisticMasking #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #unmasking
I did a write-up of how I do my taxes. Maybe that's interesting to someone, I dunno. https://madewokherd.nfshost.com/bookmarks/adulting/taxes.html
Finally starting that "bookmarks" site I talked about a while back. Decided to just edit HTML straight up, rather than come up with some system to build the site for me.
My thinking is that whenever I go to look something up, I'll leave the tab open until I've added it to this system.
Already finding that providing context for these links is encouragement to write in more detail.
Esme Povirk
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Hello friends! I am excited to (re)share the #mentalhealth project I started two years ago: https://littlebetterzine.com
Little Better Zines are free guides to evidence based coping skills – now expanded and redesigned with new info and improved accessibility.
These are techniques I often share with therapy patients, but I know not everyone has access to therapy. I hope you find these zines helpful, and I’d be grateful if you repost/share the link with anyone who might need them!
Now I kinda want to make this in (self-hostable) website form. But I already have an actual job.
Esme Povirk
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lewd
Every once in a while I think "it's a shame no one is enjoying my boobs right now" and then I remember that I can enjoy them and I do.
I've decided to run my social/rss/email aggregator that makes a big html file every night so it's basically this. https://retro.social/@ifixcoinops/113839017770017041
Esme Povirk
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There are some serious reasons why you still need to be on Meta platforms: it's your last link to family members, or your support system, or you live in a small town.
I wrote about how to stay on while limiting Meta's ability to surveil you or use your information against you.
tl;dr Boring users, who don't generate clicks or behavioral data, are unprofitable users.
https://buttondown.com/practicaltips/archive/how-to-grey-rock-meta/
Joined Aug 2018
